Match-safe.



G.E.PARKER.

MATGH SAFE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 29, 1903 918,085. Patented Apr. 13, 1909.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

G1. PARKER.

MATCH SAFE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 29, 190B.

Patented Apr. 13, 1909.

2 SHEETS-SEEET 2.

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UNITED STATES PATENT. OFFICE I GEORGE E. PARKER, or ALlS'lERDAtLNEW Yon-K.

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v .No. 918,085. f i

Specification 6119mm Patent stame s-1.1a, o oo,

Application mes July 29, 1908.. Serial no. 445,876.'

- ingdrawings, and the reference characters -marked thereon, which form a part of this specification. "Similar characters refer to similar parts in the several figures therein.

' Iiigurel of the drawings is a front eleva tion of the. improved match-safe mounted opens-stationary upright. Fig. 2 is a cen-.

'tral, vertical, cross-section of the same taken on the broken line 2-2 in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a cross-section of the tilting bottom of the match-receptacle'taken on the broken'line 3-3 in Fig. 2; Fig. 4' is a central, vertical, cross-section, similar to that shown in .Fig. 2, showing a movement of the parts. Fig. '5 is a. horizontal section taken on the" broken line 5 5 in'Fig. 1, viewed in the direction of the arrow. Fig. 6 'is a top lan view 015 the match-"receptacle detached .1

The object of the invention is to provide a match-safe with means whereby matches .may be taken therefrom,'one only at a time.

The invention consists in providing a match-rece taclewith a tilting bottom and endulous cm and controlling stops, wherey the movements of the frontand bottom act as an escapement .for delivering the matches, one at a time, to a'position located enteriorly of the receptacle', and means for yieldingly maintaining the parts in their normal position'for retaining thematches within the receptacle, as will hereinafter bemore in the claims. p p L The match-receptacle, 1,-com'pris'es a stationary back wall, -2, adapted to be detachfully described and subsequently pointedout.

. ably secured to-a sup ort, 3, by means of a screw,--4, the side wa ls, -5,bothnpreferably made integral Withthe back wa a cover, bottom and front. The )endulous front, 6, is secured to the side we s by pivot, 7 the tilting bottom, 8, secured to the side walls by means of the pivot, 9, and the cover, 10, securedto the sidewalls by the same pivot is limite which supports the pendulous-front' The pivot, 7, passes through the hingedsections, :1'2,fwhich areintegral with the front,- 6,and through the hinge section, the cover, as seen in 1'.

p The edge ofthe' front h-ich was -left.remaining when the hinged sections, 12, were bentinto form, is bent inwardly toform the support, 14, as showninF-igs. 2 and 4:, and GI indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 6. The weight of the cover resting upon this support issufhcient to force (the pendulous front outwardly. As a means for limiting the pendulous movements of the front, steps, 79 16, are secured thereto, ada ted to engage with the coacting stops, 17 xed to, the side walls respectively. The inward endulous movement of the front is limited, y the engagement of stop, 16,with stop,"17, and the outward endulous movement'of the front d by the engagement of the front with the stops, 17, as seen in Fig. 5. As a means for limiting the tilting movements of the bottom, stops, 20,;project from the side 80 walls in the position to engage the front end I of the bottom, and limit the'downward tiltiug movement of the/front edge of the bottom, as seen in Fig. ft. The 11 ward tilting movement-of'the front edge of is limited by contact of the inner edge, 21, of the bottom with the back wall-of therec'ep- -tacle or case, as seen in Fig; 2.. 5

The operation ofthe device is "as follows:

The hinged cover is swung open and a supply of matches, 25, placed in the receptacle or; case. The-matches first placed in the receptacle slide down the-inclined tilting bottom .to the position shown in Fig. 2, one

match falling into the groove, 26, which runs .95

along the lower front edge of the. bottom, and another match resting on topof the one in the groove,;t he remaining matches being held in position bythe inclined bottom and side and back walls, and the pendulous' 1'00" .front practically as shown. The front now occupies its outward position, being-held against further outward movementby the stops, 17, thereby. preventing the escapeol" the matches from the receptacle T 0 remove the lower matcl from the groove inthc bottomit isonly necessary to press the pen dulous front inwardly until its stops, l6, strike the outer side of the stops, 17 thereby forcing the matches up the inclined bottom Y and tilting the bottom by depressing its front edge, as shown Fig. 4, wherein the 13 integral with 60 the bottom 85 50 matches engaging with such wall.

tilting bottom 60 bottom, the

front portion. of" the bottom is shown iiiengagemen't with the stop, 20, and the lower edge ofthegfront in'engagementwith the match which was inithe groove ofthe-bot tem free to begg'ras'ped'between the thumb and finger,. .and removed from its groove and from the rece tacle. When the match is removed,- and't' e/thumb or finger withdrawn from thependlilous front, the weight of the ,cover reiatore the front to its normal positionji and the Weight of the bottom'will also restore the bottom to its normal position,

all theparts occupying the osition shown in Fig. 2,'the lowermost matc 1 falling into the I groove in 'the tilting bottom,- as shown,

2'0 whereu on the 0 eration can be repeated 'until a the mate es are withdrawn, one at c 'a'tinie,ifrom the rece tacle. When, the pendulous front is pushe inward so as'to engage the match resting upon the match in the 'groov'e,-it not only forces such match 111%) the inclined tilting bottom, but serves to t t the. bottom by pressing downwardly through'the match uponcthe front portion of the bottom. 'By providing the lower art of the-pendulous front with an. inwar ly rojecting rib, 28, extending lengfihwise of t e matches, as shown in Fig. 4', t e match which rested -on top of the match in the groove of the bottom is forced back up the inclined bottom, and

locked in position thereon, while the matches above it are forced still farther back, thereby permitting the match which rested upon the match in the groove, as shown in Fig. 2, to drop down into the groove when the match I 40 therein is removed therefrom, and the next 7 match above 'to' fall;forward to a resting po-' sitionupon the match so placed in the groove, as seen in heads of the matches from the surface of the inclined bottom, 'two projecting corrugations, 30, are formed in the bottom, as seen in Figs. 2, 3 and 4. Similar projecting'co'rrugations, 31, are formed in the'back wall of the receptacle to prevent the heads of the The head 34, of the match resting in the groove of the is shown in Fig 1 partly in dotted lines. The cover may'be provlded with a small slot, 35, through which the stem of a match may be inserted to open the cover. When desired, the part, 36, may be removed from the lower side of the tilting bottom, and the stop, 20, projected upward sufficiently to engage the main body art of the inclined bottom being then made of a Fig. 2. As a means for raising the.

single piece of sheet metal stain ed to the desired form. The groove wall of bottom is cut awayat the middle of its front the lower outwar vprojecting edge of the pendulous front is .alsocut away opposite the cut mthe bottom groove, as shown at, 39, in Flg. 5, to permit. free access to thematch in. the bottomsgroove when the front is pushed in, as shown in Fig, 4.

neighboring edges of the front and bottom form an escapement for releasing matches, one at-a time, from the case. M g 2. A match-safe comprising a match-receptacle having a tilting bottom pivotally supported intermediately of its front and rear having along its lower edge a convex surface adapted to engage a match resting match in the front groove in the ottom, means for normally maintainingthe front at the outward limit of its pendulous movement, and stops for controlling in op osite dulousniovementsof the front and bottom. "rifmatch safe comprising a match-rev'ceptacle, having a tilting bottom provided ,wlth'a match-groove along its front edge, adapted to receive a single-match, a pendu- -lous front having its-lower edge adapted to override a match contained'in. the bottomgroove, and engage the match' resting upon" the match in the groove, and stops for limiting in opposite directions, respectively, the

endulousj-andf tilting movements of the ront and-bottom. i

4. match-safe comprising a match-receptacle', having a tilting bottom, a pendu-' lous front, a hinged cover, adapted to bear by force of gravity against the front and normally maintain the same at its outward limit of movement, and stops for controlling the movements of the front and bottom, respec tively.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand-this 25th dayof July, 1908.

' GEO. E. PARKER;

Witnesses:

JoHN SCHILLER, W. H; RICHARDS.

edge, as seen in Fi 1, and'the middle part of upon the '90 g I the inclined merits of the bottom and front, whereby the edges provided along its front edge with a match-receiving groove, a pendulous front 1 directio r'is, respectively the tilting an pen i v 1 7o What I claim as newand desire tosecuref 

